Urgent need, crisis, harm, or service breakdown
Get immediate Alaska crisis help
Call 911 for immediate danger and call or text 988 for crisis or emotional-distress support.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Call or text Alaska 988Before you start
- Current location, immediate danger, communication needs, diagnoses, medications, medical risks, triggers, calming strategies, trusted contacts, support plan, care coordinator, provider, and recent changes.
Who to contact
Use the DDRC, IDD Unit, Division of Public Assistance, care coordinator, provider, Provider Certification and Compliance Unit, fair-hearing office, crisis service, or APS route that owns this step.
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Step by step
- For immediate danger or a medical, fire, or law-enforcement emergency, call 911.
- For crisis, suicidal thoughts, or emotional distress, call or text 988.
- After immediate safety, notify the care coordinator and provider and request documented follow-up and plan correction.
Expected next
A crisis response plus a named follow-up owner, stabilization or discharge plan, referral, assessment, plan update, or service correction.
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Contact times, responders, event facts, discharge material, notifications, referrals, and updated plan.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Escalate according to immediate risk and ask emergency, crisis, and service-system contacts to name the post-crisis owner.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Get immediate Alaska crisis help checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and program
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Written result or confirmation
- Current open dependency
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Call or text Alaska 988
Official resources
Limits
911, 988, IDD Unit, care coordination, and provider follow-up are different routes. Crisis contact does not itself change eligibility, Registry, authorization, or ongoing services.
Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.